High school to withold diplomas until students pay lunch bills

The diplomas of 10 graduating seniors at Thomas R. Proctor High School in Utica, N.Y., will be held until they pay back borrowed lunch money.

Rebecca Croniser

The diplomas of 10 graduating seniors at Thomas R. Proctor High School will be held until they pay back borrowed lunch money.

Letters were sent home to the families of those seniors earlier this week notifying the parents of the balances owed — between less then a dollar and almost $7, according to the Utica district Food Services Director William LaRock.

“Most of the balances are very small,” LaRock said.

Principal Steve Falchi said the seniors will be allowed to participate in graduation ceremonies, but they will not receive their diplomas until the balances are paid. Diplomas at the school are typically mailed to graduates a couple of weeks after graduation.

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